Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . s lliis is acconi])lished liy two pairs of supplypipes leading lo the ports or base fif the cyliiiilerson binli siiles of the trunnion support; therefore, bymoving the lever to the right or left, the trainingengintwould follow that motion and train the gun lothe right or li-ft, as desired. The elevating and depressing gear of this carriageis operated by an \ipriglit cylinder, with siifJicientdrift to give instantaneously the extreme degree ofelevation or depression required by the action ofcompressed air. On either side of t
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . s lliis is acconi])lished liy two pairs of supplypipes leading lo the ports or base fif the cyliiiilerson binli siiles of the trunnion support; therefore, bymoving the lever to the right or left, the trainingengintwould follow that motion and train the gun lothe right or li-ft, as desired. The elevating and depressing gear of this carriageis operated by an \ipriglit cylinder, with siifJicientdrift to give instantaneously the extreme degree ofelevation or depression required by the action ofcompressed air. On either side of the breech of thegun are racked standards, with :. movable slot, hav-ing a compressor screw encompassing a racked dieor slot-plug, by which, with one-half turn of thescrew lever, the breech of the gun is firmly .securedat any degree of elevation or depression this method of working heavy guns, two men andagunnerare all the crew that is ret|uired lo workand load the heaviest ordnance, and all the p<iweris furnished trom below, from an air compressor en-. exhaust pipes, with reversing valves or cocks, \vhere-by compressed air funiislied from below at a pres-sure may be supplied to eitlier end of the cyliuder,at will, by moving the lever allached lo the stem ofsuch reversing valves forward or backward, forruiming out or running in. When the gun is runout and tired, a pressure of any number of pounds ofcompressed air as may be desired remains at llie rearend of the cylinder for picking up the recoil, and. ifit is desired, the clutch-lever may be elevated andsecured and the gun made to run immediately inliatli-ry again, aulomatically. after each tire. Intraining this carriage, which is done without tackle,winch, or clmiu wheel, there is placed at the rear ofthe carriage slide and between the same a pair ofoscillating cylinders laid horizontally with a planeof the slides and attached directly with a wormgeared into a worm wliecl having a pinion geared gine and receiver o
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